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Old March 24th 10, 03:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Frank Whiteley
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On Mar 23, 9:01*am, Nine Bravo Ground wrote:
On Mar 23, 7:48*am, Frank Whiteley wrote:



On Mar 23, 8:31*am, Grider Pirate wrote:


On Mar 23, 7:24*am, Frank Whiteley wrote:


On Mar 23, 8:20*am, Tony wrote:


Seems to me that it's been a while since we had a good brouhaha over
pretakeoff checklists. *Most of use use either ABBCCCDDE (or is it
AABBCCDDE? Or ABBBCCCCDDEEFG?) or CBSIFTCB or some other variant. *I'm
curious what you use and WHY? *What have you added or subtracted to
the "base" checklist to fit your specific glider or operation, or to
prevent problems you have encountered.


I personally use CBSIFTCB in all the gliders I fly. After that is
complete I'm OK hooking up the rope, then I review WET (Wind,
Emergency, Traffic) and give the signal to launch.


Ditto the checklist you use, mostly due to law of primacy.


Frank Whiteley


I don't know CBSIFTCB. *I use


A ltimiter
B elts
B allast
C ontrols
C anopy
C able
D ivebrakes
D irection (wind)
E mergency plan


.. and for landing:


F laps
U ndercarriage
S peed
T rim
A irbrakes
L ook
L and


C ontrols
B allast
S traps
I nstruments
F laps
T rim
C anopy
B rakes


W ater
U ndercarriage
L loose items
F laps
S peed
T rim
A irbrakes
L ook
L and


as the eventual migration from USTALL in the late '70's. *Some of the
liturgy of soaring.


Does "Land" mean anything beyond the obvious?

9B


IIRC, in the original USTALL I learned in 1977 the second L (modified
in later club checks) was 'Look again', which is good advice.